The boys’ first airplane ride and big trip!

We packed our boys, I mean bags, and went to… Las Vegas! The boys did great. The plane ride there was in the evening, so they slept most of the time. But once we arrived, they were wide awake!

These pictures are only the ones from my phone. We took more on our actual camera. I was going to wait until I gathered more pictures, but knowing me, the more I try to work on the perfect post, the longer I’ll take to actually write the darned thing!

While we were there, I spotted Cafe Rio and had to try it! I immediately recognized the restaurant as one of Hungry Runner Girl‘s favorites and thankfully the hubs and our Godsister, Heather, were willing to go there. Thanks, guys! Here are the boys with the sweet Ava, who turned 1 over the weekend. It was so fun seeing the babies interact with each other. We were so happy to finally meet her! We also met her brother, Jaden, but he is a big boy – almost 4 years old – and a little spider monkey! It was a challenge to capture a picture of him.

The boys had a blast playing in the playroom… Toys galore!

Happy 1st Birthday, Ava! She rocked such a cute outfit and had an awesome time celebrating with the family.

The boys got to try out their new umbrella strollers. They are super light and easy to open/steer. Such big boys now.

I’d say the wait was worth it… I had the Miyagi-san’s Grass-Fed Wagyu Burger. YUM!

Jer Bear sat in a high chair for the first time! Adrian fell asleep so he’ll try it out next time.

We walked along the strip just for a little bit. We went to the Bellagio: And of course had to get pictures with the strip in the background!

Times sure have changed. There was a time when we flew to Vegas to stay at our favorite spot – Mandalay Bay. We’d party until 3 or 4 am in the morning. We’d wake up around noon… Now, we’ve flown to Vegas and stayed off the strip at a house (but had an awesome time!), we could barely handle a 2 am bedtime, and we were up at 5:45 am on the dot because the boys are so used to eating around that time!

Plane ride back home!Hanging out at the airport while Papa gets the carseat transporters set up. The carseat transporters were amazing (see first picture in this post). They were these attachments for the carseats that allowed us to pull (our push) the boys in their carseats. We then checked in the carseats at the gate.

Brother time!

We’re so happy our first trip went pretty smoothly. Flying with infants – let alone TWO of them – is quite daunting. But with the right amount of preparation, determination, and patience, it is doable! We tried our hardest to maintain their routines, but you can only do so much. Whereas their regular bedtime is 7/7:30 pm, they went to bed at 11:30 pm the first night we arrived!!! I was afraid of the trip throwing off their nighttime routine, which we have worked so hard to get into the groove of, but luckily the past few nights have been back to normal!